Sailing

Krystyna Choynowski-Liskiewicz of Poland was the first woman to sail
around the world solo. She accomplished this feat on March 28, 1976.
Ellen MacArthur set the record for the fastest round-the-world trip,
making the journey in just under 94 days 4 hr 25 min 40 sec, breaking
Sir Francis Chichester's record of 274 days.

British sailor Ellen MacArthur finished a solo circumnavigation on
Monday, February 7, 2005 in 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes and 33
seconds, breaking the world record for sailing around the world alone.
She broke the previous record, held by Frenchman Francis Joyon, by 32
hours.

New Zealander Dame Naomi James became the first woman to sail solo
round-the-world in 1978. She also broke the record for solo
circumnavigation by two days. In 1980 she entered the Observer
Transatlantic Race and won the Ladies’ Prize. She also set another
women’s record in that race by crossing the Atlantic single-handedly.
James was inducted into the New
Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.

In 2012, Dutch sailor Laura Dekker beat Jessica Watson's record to become the youngest to complete a solo world sailing tour at age 16. Dekker completed the journey on Jan. 22 when she sailed into harbor on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten. She beat the previous record by eight months.